2010-09-17
I think I've found the godfather of local artist Drew Nelson. Veteran singer-songwriter sings thoughtful, contemplative numbers that hang together thematically - and while Drew helps us understand our own backyards here in Michigan, Smith describes the broad and sometimes desolate expanse of West Texas ("75 Miles of Nothing" is an apt thesis statement). He's performed this entire set on stage with a band and an orchestra, as if it were a long symphony movement. "Sierra Diablo,""Bull by the Horns,""Don't It Go to Show" and "Over My Beating Heart" are the most immediately approachable songs, the easiest to pull out of the intended start-to-finish opus. 09/10 MJVD F-Americana (Texas)The Del McCoury Band
The Promised Land
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
The Good Life
Various Artists
Our Side of Town: A Red House Records 25th Anniversary Collection
SONNY SMITH
Fruitvale
MICHAEL DOUCET
FROM NOW ON
Holly Williams
The Ones We Never Knew
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